Yeah i live 25 miles north of London in a small medieval/victorian town, which also has a larger 60's New Town boarded to the South, and to the north on the same road we have a bigger medieval/Georgian town. All 3 towns have some awesome architecture around, even the new town has some older buildings & stately homes
Indeed - and also I'd expect better commentary and more selective choice of what to see and he lists other things you could see but which he doesn't illustrate. Well mean't no doubt but, excuse my English, crap.
Very true and if they keep on using wood instead of bricks for many of them then they still won't have many old buildings in another 200+ years either!😢
They will almost certainly be in use still due to the shortage of properties and areas where buildings can't actually be placed here in Britain. We have a growing population that has almost grown by a third since the end of WW2 at almost 67 million people, yet we still don't know the true total due to illegal immigrants who use boats or truck to try and reach the Uk and also the people who visit and stay longer than their actual visa officially allows them therefore that number could be much higher now, especially as that total was from 2022!
These old towns weren’t ‘designed’, they evolved over time. Someone built a house near a river, someone else built a house nearby, other people came along and did the same; someone set up a bakery, a blacksmiths, then they built a church with a clock tower (so everyone always knew the time), the farmer sold his produce and milk. Then someone started brewing beer and the pub was born. All these buildings just appeared and fitted in with existing buildings and geographical features, so rows of houses can be seen now where we can tell when they were built from their ‘design’.
"the prettiest village in the Cotswolds", proceeds to show a council estate lol. Also, the sandwiches we eat were named after the Earl of Sandwich in the UK
Earl Sandwich is said to have been the first to put meat betwixt two slices of bread and formalise a new food arrangement. Sandwich is the town he's Earl over, just up the road from me in east Kent.
Near to the town of Sandwich is a village named Ham, so one may see road signs with: Ham 2miles, Sandwich xx miles, which appear as Ham Sandwich on the sign.
Many old buildings in the UK are "Listed" which means that if you own one, then you are only allowed to make permitted alterations in order to preserve the original appearance.
Also UK towns and villages were not designed, many of them developed over 1000 or more years. My nearest village of Burnham has a High St of 4-500 year old buildings. Another 100 could have replaced any of these in the list.
My godmother's house was a Listed Building,, and if I remember correctly, she had to get permission to fit modern upgrades internally. It was allowed, but as you said, only if it didn't change the outer appearance of the building.
I live in Salisbury (mentioned in the segment about Shaftesbury). The steep cobbled hill is called 'Gold Hill', but people in the UK know it as 'Hovis Hill' as it was used in a TV advert for Hovis bread over 50 years ago. Fun fact: The advert was directed by Ridley Scott!!
❤I'm not from the UK but I can tell you that every city or village in Europe is different from each other, even if they are not far away, every small or large city, famous or not, deserves to be visited precisely because you will always find new, interesting things and strange for Americans! 😊
As someone who's spent a lot of time touring the UK over the last 40+ years, I'd agree and have come across some very picturesque places by pure chance,those signs you see at junctions on A roads ,thousands of little villages and Hamlets ignored by millions,I've lived in one for about thirty five years now and it still makes me smile.
the majority of towns in the UK have a railway station all interconnected to enable you to travel virtually anywhere, simply by changing trains at larger stations
very useful in the war, the interchange of rail areas-yes i was travelling them then armed and in uniform, no B/S. lucky 'aint I to still be here? R/E have greedily destroyed the quaint sections in lot know. So I am informed.
The UK is as old as dirt so we have all types of really old architecture round every corner, I love it and I’m so proud of my little island.🇬🇧🇬🇧 sorry to say it but you don’t see anything what we would call old in America
It's not just that some of our buildings carry history, many of the roads you saw there were originally ancient tracks or Roman roads.. which means they were first used/created thousands of years ago. Our surnames are odd too. At one time people didn't have family names, they just had a first name. So people started to become known by their father's name instead - William(son), Richard(son) - or by their profession. A Fletcher made arrows, a Cooper made barrels, a Smith worked with metal and other materials.. This has been going on for a long time, don't blame me
I'm Dutch, but I've visited the UK a couple of times in my camper van and some of the towns mentioned here. And believe me, there's even so much more to be seen. I'm a fan of Wales and Scotland, but the Cotswolds and the Lake District too. And Kent and Yorkshire ... Too much to mention. I love your amazement and it makes me realise that I'm thinking of these places as normal. I do still appreciate their beauty but they're normal to me, you can find places like these all over Europe
Out beautiful towns villages castles and stately houses and architecture never gets boring or taken for granted ,it is always beautiful and appreciated.
The "real" England, in other words the vast majority of residential areas is no fairy tale. More like a nightmare😂 obviously holiday makers don't see this. There are beautiful places too. I'm English and only even heard of one of these on the list, which is Keswick 😂
@@ToThePointCTBecause you most likely live in city or close to a city Suburb, or not a so good town. Yeah most houses there aren’t the best there in those places, unless you’re rich of course…. Or live on the coast down south. If you Travel to decent towns and villages, it’s wonderfully surprising, coming from a Brit myself. Obviously not much to do there adventurous, also the limited sun, just country walks/ picnics, etc. Which is why many Brits don’t realise how many parts of the country want to live there and abode there. (Granted it’s more of a retiring option). 🤣 Some of the villages and towns in the UK are fairytale like though. England specially is more so unique than the rest in terms of the houses and roads for me. Other parts of the UK seem to look more Scandinavia looking a parts. I always find people living outside busy major towns and cities the least happy in the UK. 🤷🏻♀️
To be fair most flights from America only go to London, and given Americans attitudes towards public transportation, I doubt a lot of them would be up for taking trains or coaches that far away from the capital.
@@femoman Given US public transportation systems it is not really surprising, they really aren't very good. It doesn't help that UK people and those from EU complain about UK systems. The criticisms are valid, but not from a US perspective.
@@WIDGI I only used the term Public transportation when talking about the US system, which is what they call it. I thought it might be useful for them and expected UK people to understand the term, sorry for my excessive expectations.
In Britain, we do protect these buildings, they are Listed, which means people can own, live and use them as business premises, BUT they can't be demolished, and only limited alterations are allowed with very strict permission. It's why they survive. Every parish (which often means every village or small town) in the UK has a church. Most of our churches were constructed between the 12th and 15th century, with another load built in the Victorian period. That means virtually every town or village has a historic church with a bell tower (many have clocks as well)
Corfe Castle, Wimborne Minster, & Lyme Regis in Dorset, York, many of the Yorkshire Dales Towns, Durham, Glastonbury .... the list of places to visit goes on and on
The doorways in Glastonbury look ordinary, some of them open up into homes, some to shops and some hide another street behind, but you have to be local to know which is which.
I don't think the original video maker has actually viewed the footage. No image of Conwy Castle despite mentioning 3 or 4 times, image of empty field instead. Pictures of modern council houses etc. Some of the views of these towns are the worst selection I have seen and don't fit with the commentary.
Was wondering why St Machaels Mount didn't make it in there D; an Iconic place, an island fort only accessible on foot during low tide and you can walk an entire stone path to it from the beach, utterly beautiful and the town itself is colorful and jam packed with beautiful old buildings, then you have the views.
Probably because the video was just another of those dreadful AI generated script/clip pieces of rubbish that TH-cam is allowing to pass for travel videos now. It's rife with them.
wasn't just Conway Castle that got mentioned but not viewed - same thing when discussing Portree on isle of Skye ! Mentioned Old Man of Storr, the Kilt Rock, and the Quiraing while not showing a pictire of any of these beauty spots. P.S., how come Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with it's colourful seafront houses was overlooked in favour of Portree?
Having a church with a clock tower is the norm for most villages, towns and cities throughout the UK as they were built in that style in pretty much any settlement that existed more than 100 years ago. While many modern churches are built out of brick and other modern materials, you will usually see the local Church of England services based in one of these old stone buildings.
And some years back the current Earl and his son started a sandwich-making business. They had a great advertising slogan - "Sandwiches from the family that invented them"
The thing with towns, cities and villages here in the UK is many of them have been in existence for thousands of years - for example the cities of York and London are over two thousand years old - and skylines and layouts reflect this fact and the fact that Britain is a far older nation than America.
There's also Colchester, allegedly the oldest town in England. Some of the East Anglian towns and villages should also be on the list , like Lavenham, Southwold, Aldeburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Hadleigh and Sudbury to name a few. Ipswich only has a couple of decent historical buildings like the Butter Market which has beautiful plaster ceilings and paneled walls.
I would walk to school on old cobblestone roads, past a minster and a church, 4 cemeteries (two designated to fallen soldier furing the wars), lots of leaning bent buildings with tiny doors. So i still see the beauty in it all but it is normal, so seeing people appreciate the landscape and in awe of our buildings is so refreshing. 😊
If you're ever over here, I'd definitely recommend checking out the Cotswolds. If what you want is pretty English countryside, there's no better place for it 😊
Hi Tyler. Yes, it's like that most everywhere, old buildings down every side street. In some towns and villages - the whole place is an outdoor museum with people still living and/or working in the buildings.
He could've picked pretty much 50-100 other random towns/villages around the UK that would've looked completely similar to those shown. It's all pretty standard to see old buildings, churches, castles, pubs. And yes we have loads of pretty beaches too - the maximum distance to a beach from anywhere in the UK is only 70 miles.
Hi Tyler, I lived in Cirencester and yes the whole of the UK has churches, Abbes'y, and sometimes Cathedrals in the towns. It's just normal for us. I lived in the US for 10 yrs and missed the UK so much that I had to move back. You are not wrong about the feel of the towns. There is history everywhere and yes it is very peaceful compared to the US. Yes many people even live in these historic houses. A friend of mine owns a pub that is 100's yrs old. So funny hearing you talk about the trains. You can get anywhere in the UK via train and. public transport.
To add to this comment. I think in a lot of cases the exceptions are where towns with a cathedral have lost their original city status for one reason or another. Rochester is a good example of this.@@Mistysmudge1
As for the painting of the Port houses, in Argentina is the same (as in la Boca) the shipmen of years past used some leftovers of the painting of the boats, so they, as they could identify one boat from another, the same way the can distinguish their house when approaching back to home...
Just a two minute drive across the town I live in is a house that is still used as a house today that dates back to the 14th century. This is not unusual here in the UK. There are whole towns where almost every building is hundreds of years old and many are listed buildings too. Even out in the villages there are plenty of historic things to see. In my childhood village there is a small, grade one listed parish church that still holds church services today. The entrance arch is the oldest surviving part and dates back to around 1069. This is fairly common here in the UK too. To have a small village of a couple of hundred residents that has no shops, and sometimes doesn't even have a pub but it has a small church that is 800 or 900 years old.
I'm curious, that sounds similar to the church in my childhood village (which doesn't have electricity). In fact there's two churches that are both very old within a short distance from each other there. Obviously if you don't want to state where that's fine. One church is St Andrew (has a longer name) the other down the way is St Mary. 😊
The building overhang is known as jettying. It allows the upper floor to have a larger floor space and some shelter for the ground floor window esp if the window opening is a shop window or serving hatch. But more practically, given the buildings are mainly wooden on wooden frames, the forces from the upper floors bear downwards rather than outwards on the floor below.
The sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich who wanted a meal that he could eat whilst at the gambling table. The peerage of the Earl of Sandwich is nominally associated with the town of Sandwich.
You'd have old(ish) buildings too if you stopped prioritising cars!!! They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
Sandwich was home to one of America’s greatest founding fathers Thomas Paine , he lived there from 1759 and his cottage complete with commemorative plaque is still there and I believe is available to rent for short stays and holidays. It dates back to 1677. Paine is actually credited with creating the phrase “ The United States of America “
The Cotswolds really does feel like you go back in time. My mum worked in a hotel/pub in Moreton-in-Marsh in the 70s. Every birthday we go down to the cotswolds for the day. Last November we went back to the hotel/pub. She said nothing at all has changed apart from there's no longer a pond outside. I don't think they're allowed to change anything but it's still so beautiful 🥰🥰
I live in the county Conwy( which is the same name as Conwy town.) I am shocked they did not show the castle and the stunning surroundings it’s in. My regular shopping route goes literally right past castle. TYLER,if you think some of these other places are stunning,try checking out a video on Anglesey,North Wales and the villages leading up to it. We have multicoloured houses all along the beach and are between the mountains and sea,with woods right up to the beach.. I recommend checking it out.🏴
I live in a late 15th century, timber-framed house. It's not posh or expensive, just a "normal" 3 bedroom house, attached on both sides to other old houses. ⅓ of the houses in my village are at least 150 years old, many several hundred years old.
Old buildings tend to be what is known as Listed in the UK, some grade 1 some grade 2, they are lived in but massively protected in terms of what building and decorating can be done inside and outside of them :) We also have very old protected trees over here, woe betide anyone who cuts one of those down!
When they were talking about Conwy in North Wales, Were any of those photos actually of anywhere IN Conwy? It talked about the spectacular castle, but the black building on the screen at that time is not Conwy Castle, and I didn't recognise any of the other buildings either. It's a real shame because the town of Conwy really does look spectacular. It's just a pity that it wasn't featured in this video.
The images of Conwy aren't just of the town of Conwy. They show places in Conwy County/ Conwy valley, eg the countryside and the village of Betws-y-Coed, which is 15 miles from the town of Conwy. I'm just back from holidaying in the area. I regard North Wales as my second home (after my actual home, Scotland). The whole of North Wales, especially the western part, is absolutely stunning.
The roof you described as weird is a thatched roof ,which is usually maintained as a tradition roof on old building as thatching was once the way most building where roofed .
@@ricksavory8752 You are very mistaken, very mistaken indeed. Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles north of London.
Now he'll have picked up on why we just smile when someone from the USA puffs out their chests and asks "Why would we need to go visiting overseas countries when we've got everything they've got, right here in the USA?" It's kinda like when a 5 year old says "My mummy's the prettiest mummy in the world." and you smile benevolently knowing that it's not factually true but we don't want to burst their bubbles.
If “the presence of old buildings” shocks you, how will you feel once you discover it’s not only the UK 😂😂 it’s pretty much like that in the whole Europe, I really don’t know what you were expecting
second this! I got a book about the history of Farnham architecture (would recommend; it's very interesting) and they picked the best photos for the historic buildings. one of them's a Natwest, or was when that book was published.
The Cotswolds are a range of very pretty hills stretching across the South West of England including Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. I hope I got this right I apologise if I didn't, I'm from Yorkshire and proud of it, but you were asking about it, Tyler and it is a lovely part of the country Even people from other parts of England go 'Wow!'
Fun video. A few suggestions for future videos. Britain's oldest churches, strangest architecture, London street name history, cottage industries such as weaving and sewing from homes in the olden days. Thanks again Tyler .
I think it is a good topic but I actually think that whoever posted the video did a lousy job of finding good video clips and still photos. I wonder if he filmed it himself. I suspect he has a few hundred subscribers at most.
The first shot of Knaresborough showed Old Mother Shipton's Cave. It has objects that people have hung up (like teddy bears!) that have turned to stone because of the minerals in the water that drips on them from the roof of the cave. There's also a well where you are supposed to put your hand in, make a wish and then take your hand out but leave it to dry naturally. My mum wished there for a little girl with nice hands...and about 9 months later I appeared! It's just a pity she forgot to wish that the rest of me would be as nice as the hands... :(
Lived in N America for 4 years. When asked what I missed most it was old buildings. Also round every corner there is something of interest to look at not miles and miles of strip malls. The natural landscape is the most interesting bit of USA ( except for bit in the middle.)
Keswick is beautiful. It actually site at the northern end of Derwentwater in the Lake District. It's very dog friendly, a good thing in an area full of walkers and hikers, with only one or two of it's well over twenty pubs not allowing dogs in. There is open air theatre and a jazz festival during the summer months too . Fantastic place.
5:50 The houses hanging over the lower portion of the building is due to how medieval and Tudor-period houses were built: The lower section would be built mostly out of stone as the solid foundation of the building, however the floors above will mostly be built out of wood. To support this the wooden bows would need to extend past and strut out by about a foot over the stone walls underneath (you can see this in the buildings in the back with the wooden struts still in plain view), giving this unique look and, as a bonus, giving the upper floors that extra bit of floor space which was vital in towns at the time.
I was under the impression that this style was because of a footprint tax, so one way to get more space was to build the upper floors bigger. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
@@amraverageproduction5379 nope, whilst there are many reasons why jettying (this building style) was employed, footprint tax avoidance was never one of the reasons. In towns like this where housing allotment space is limited the main reason would be to maximise the housing space as much as feasibly possible with the lot given. This practice got banned in London after the Great Fire as houses were jettied so much that there was hardly any space between houses even across streets, hence why you are more likely to see this style in towns rather than cities.
Norfolk was once famous for the reeds and marram grass grown for thatching roofs. Long straw was also grown but now comes predominantly from Europe. Thatching is a skilled ancient trade and it takes 4 to 5 years to learn. The thatch is formed in three layers a base layer the thatch itself and the ridge cap, all of this is held in place with twisted hazel or willow spars to hold each section down. The ridge is often decorated with animals made from the thatching material and added to the ridge which often has a pattern made from the spars and unique to the thatcher to hold it down. It can last for 25 years or so, but is like a tiled roof , easily repaired. I can recommend an old country guy called Jack Hargeaves , he lived in an area called the New Forest (an ancient hunting area) and showed many of the ancient and dying crafts, well worth a watch if you are interested.
I live about 7 miles from Sandwich, it has an exceptional church and a canal system that circles the town, built by Dutch Traders in the 17th Century and a old stone Toll bridge that spans across the river Stour and still opens on demand to let boats through.
Been to Conwy in Wales, and the pics on here do not show it justice google it, the Castle next to the bridge is STUNNING, there are so many beautiful towns here in the UK I could list so many. Went to Tenby last year :D Salcombe is up the coast from where i am and it is a tourist place, packed in the summer My Grandma was born on Gold Hill (The Hovis Hill) in Shaftsbury, I was born in Harrogate and a lot of my family were born in Knaresborough :D (I live in the South West now, Plymouth but i still love where i came from too :D When i was a child, we went to Cumbria on holiday and as we went through the lake district, my Sister described it as being in a picture book So much history in the UK, you would love it Whitby in North Yorkshire really is magical, Clovelly in Devon is really pretty too Cockington in Torbay nr Torquay chocolate box cottages So many :P Just our weather that let's it down
I live in Harrogate....another beautiful spa town which was mentioned but not on list, but my sister lives a few miles away in Knaresborough which is indeed very pretty.
I lived in Conwy, North Wales as a child, the pictures don't show Conwy at all. take a look on google maps and you will see the castle and the town within the walls. I am truly blessed to have grown up there.
castles were forts, and were built to protect the town from invasions, usually from other neighbouring counties. They were all once upon a time fighting to rule England ( before the UK)
British history goes back for many centuries, obviously the towns and cities sprang from small communities. America wasn't colonised for many centuries later . So many of our villages and towns are beautiful. I suppose for us it's normal. Not all towns are nice though. Not many cornish towns mentioned here. Mevagissey in Cornwall is one of my favourite places in the country. Tyler, you need to visit the UK. I'd love to see a video of you walking around and commenting .
Aberaeron. A beautiful little Town in Wales, we used to go there every year on holiday, happiest days ever, the harbour is the prettiest place ever, and to this day my children still go there occasionally, taking their own children to enjoy it, as they have such happy memories from their holidays there. Takes us about 2 - 2 1/2 hours to get there from Chester where we live, so an easy and pleasant drive. 😊👍
Pity the video didn't show you any of the good bits of Conwy: it's pretty special. Other really attractive small towns include Llangollen, Tewkesbury, Ludlow, Bakewell, Whitby, Rye, Glastonbury, Lavenham, Otley, and Oban. There's no shortage. :)
Yes, try Skegness beach - if you venture into the permanently freezing water you come out dirtier than when you went in. I once saw a bloke come out of the water with a tampon on his head. Nobody told him and he wore it for ages!
I have lived in a house which was built in 1491 some years ago. I now live on the edge of the Cotswolds near towns such as Burford, Bampton, Lechlade, Fairford, Cirencester, all of them beautiful and steeped in history.
I mean the old buildings have just been in continuous use over the years so yes people still living in them and still used as businesses. You can even find some businesses even go back hundreds of years.
Ludlow in Shropshire is the most stunning town in the UK, it has a huge castle in the centre a lovely butter marked, it also has 2 casles within a few miles. Ludlow is famous for great food. I used to go on holiday to Salcombe regularly, a wonderful town with fantastic beaches. One night there were 87 shooting stars a hour, amazing. The reason for all the trains might be because we invented the things. In the 60's and 70's alot of train lines were closed.
UK historical buildings are generally protected, whether still in use or not. They are categorised as Grade 1 listed, Grade 2 listed, Grade 3 listed. The grade determines the extent to which any changes to the building are allowed/restricted.
Oftentimes, watching Tyler's videos is like watching a sheep trying to use an iPhone (points to the folks who know the reference). I do love the genuine, wholesome reactions like this though, and that's why I keep coming back.
honestly, I've lived in my own town for my entire life and I don't think you ever get used to the historical buildings and views. I don't live in any of the ones in this video but our high street decided to be literal and is built on a hill. as you walk down from the top, you see a single tudor building (the white with black beams), stone brick buildings, the town clock that hangs on the town hall, and then fields in the distance. it's probably my favourite view, especially at like 3pm in October. one of the banks at the bottom of the town has a historic (looks roughly 1880s? maybe early 1900s?) photo of the high street up on one of the walls and the buildings haven't changed, just the businesses and fashion.
Surprised not to see where I grew up on the Jurassic coast, Dorset. Swanange was my hometown, but also places like Wareham are just idyllic!! You have the Blue Pool there which is magical! Also have Brownsea Island which is where the first Scouts were formed. Also the incredible Old Harry Rocks. Just the most beautiful place. Wish I was still there ❤
For some of these they really didn't show the best features and a few of the inclusions were questionable but no list will ever sit unchallenged, lol. Tbh, You could take a hundred UK towns and make 10 such lists and all would have a valid case to make. :)
We have old castles an churches literally EVERYWHERE. Check out St Michaels Mount in the south west of england, its a fort and castle that is only accessible on foot during low tide. You go to a town, nine times out of ten, you'll be seeing an old massive church with its own bell tower, or forts and castles, some still in use or ruins of them. Gotta remember, our history spans over a thousand years, our Towns weren't 'designed' - they just naturally formed this way, its why our roads tend to be so small because, they're still the same old routes we used back along. Also funfact, most fantasy movies use Europe or the UK for their locations.
I don't know how Lavenham in Suffolk was left off this list. There are many beautiful towns here in the east of the country but they never get a mention. I may be English, but I am insulted by the way he showed Conwy, which is a beautiful town, surrounded by a magnificent castle built between 1283 to 1287. The walls are intact so you can walk all the way around the town on the walls. It is surrounded by fabulous countryside and the river. You would have fainted at the beauty of it all. Look up Welsh castles, there are many and most are stunning. Also, look at Lavenham, and other National Trust properties.
I really don't think this video did justice to the towns in question, I also think you could pick any number of large villages/towns/cities and find great unique historical beauty and any list of ten could look better than this. Seems to me they just picked out a few places and said ''that'll do''
I love seeing American people reacting to things about the UK, especially England (my country) because it makes me realise just how beautiful and wonderful it is here and just how much we take it for granted. I do have one thing to say though. Those buildings you keep seeing in every town (forgive me if you’ve fingered this out but I’m only half way through the video) are churches. Our churches are mostly very old and as grand as they could make them in the era they were built.
How the town of Sandwich got it's name. Legend has it, that John Montague, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. He was given some beef, between 2 slices of bread, so he didn't have to keep cleaning his hands, whilst playing cards. A City has to have a Cathedral, in respective of it's size. Arundel in Sussex, the home of The Duke of Norfolk lives in Arundel Castle, sits on a hill, and is only a very small city.
@@johnmarabe-oake7325 Dear John, I knew the Duke of Norfolk lives/lived in Arundel Castle. One would imagine he would be the Duke of Arundel rather than the Duke of Norfolk. 🙄😀🏴👍
Yes, we do keep using our buildings - they are protected but other than that they are just part of our everyday life. As for the churches - the UK used to be very religious and every town has a relatively large church. Why would you think we are outdated? We just use what we have. There are plenty of new buildings around too - I love the fact that you might have a 14th century building next to a 16th century one, followed by an 18th century one and then a 20th! I live in Dorset on the south coast of England and it is beautiful
The Germans planned what were called 'Baedecker' raids or blitz, in 1942. These were based on the pre-war German 'Baedecker' series of tourist guides, which were books containing detailed maps. Targets were chosen for their cultural and historical significance, rather than military value, in a tit-for-tat attempt to stop the RAF's increasingly effective bombing of Germany.
It’s been great to watch your reactions and to view these lovely towns through your eyes. The Knaresborough’bridge’ is a railway viaduct built in 1851. My in-laws live in the town and i never tire of that view from the castle!
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To be fair there could have been another 50 UK towns included on this list that are as equally beautiful in their own different ways.
Easily! Id say 50 in just the West Country alone.
And there are thousands of beautiful old towns in all Europe, al with their own style.
Yeah i live 25 miles north of London in a small medieval/victorian town, which also has a larger 60's New Town boarded to the South, and to the north on the same road we have a bigger medieval/Georgian town. All 3 towns have some awesome architecture around, even the new town has some older buildings & stately homes
Indeed - and also I'd expect better commentary and more selective choice of what to see and he lists other things you could see but which he doesn't illustrate. Well mean't no doubt but, excuse my English, crap.
Try 300
It's not that the UK is outdated it's just that the USA isn't old enough to have much history or any really old buildings.
Touché
Well said
In my experience Americans love to demolish things far too soon. We prefer to preserve and refurbish.
Very true and if they keep on using wood instead of bricks for many of them then they still won't have many old buildings in another 200+ years either!😢
They will almost certainly be in use still due to the shortage of properties and areas where buildings can't actually be placed here in Britain. We have a growing population that has almost grown by a third since the end of WW2 at almost 67 million people, yet we still don't know the true total due to illegal immigrants who use boats or truck to try and reach the Uk and also the people who visit and stay longer than their actual visa officially allows them therefore that number could be much higher now, especially as that total was from 2022!
These old towns weren’t ‘designed’, they evolved over time. Someone built a house near a river, someone else built a house nearby, other people came along and did the same; someone set up a bakery, a blacksmiths, then they built a church with a clock tower (so everyone always knew the time), the farmer sold his produce and milk. Then someone started brewing beer and the pub was born. All these buildings just appeared and fitted in with existing buildings and geographical features, so rows of houses can be seen now where we can tell when they were built from their ‘design’.
And they were all connected by the railways before the car was invented.
Im scottish and I ve been to portree. Its ok. Ive been to california id choose Carmel over many, many UK towns.
"the prettiest village in the Cotswolds", proceeds to show a council estate lol. Also, the sandwiches we eat were named after the Earl of Sandwich in the UK
I noticed this too 😅
People serving in the town council all live in one estate...why that's weird
Ha ha yes I noticed that !
Earl Sandwich is said to have been the first to put meat betwixt two slices of bread and formalise a new food arrangement. Sandwich is the town he's Earl over, just up the road from me in east Kent.
@richardharrold9736 it's called the projects or government housing here.
Near to the town of Sandwich is a village named Ham, so one may see road signs with: Ham 2miles, Sandwich xx miles, which appear as Ham Sandwich on the sign.
The Earl had to choose between being Earl of Sandwich or Portsmouth so we could have been eating ham portsmouths now
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Always makes me smile when I see the ham sandwich sign!
It’s a shame there’s no village called Branston just to top it off.
sounds good to me i wont be hungry haha.
Many old buildings in the UK are "Listed" which means that if you own one, then you are only allowed to make permitted alterations in order to preserve the original appearance.
Also UK towns and villages were not designed, many of them developed over 1000 or more years.
My nearest village of Burnham has a High St of 4-500 year old buildings.
Another 100 could have replaced any of these in the list.
My godmother's house was a Listed Building,, and if I remember correctly, she had to get permission to fit modern upgrades internally. It was allowed, but as you said, only if it didn't change the outer appearance of the building.
I grew up in a listed building - I used to joke that it was built before they invented the right-angle
@@jonchedgy6654 lol I live in a 150 year old building, (not listed and not that old by UK standards) not a single right angle anywhere XD
@@rayaqueen9657 Parts of my house are built using stones from the ruined castle across the road and I think that's fairly common. What a country!
I live in Salisbury (mentioned in the segment about Shaftesbury). The steep cobbled hill is called 'Gold Hill', but people in the UK know it as 'Hovis Hill' as it was used in a TV advert for Hovis bread over 50 years ago. Fun fact: The advert was directed by Ridley Scott!!
Or the Two Ronnie's version with Ronnie Baker going up the hill😂
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❤I'm not from the UK but I can tell you that every city or village in Europe is different from each other, even if they are not far away, every small or large city, famous or not, deserves to be visited precisely because you will always find new, interesting things and strange for Americans! 😊
Yes .Exactly.
As someone who's spent a lot of time touring the UK over the last 40+ years, I'd agree and have come across some very picturesque places by pure chance,those signs you see at junctions on A roads ,thousands of little villages and Hamlets ignored by millions,I've lived in one for about thirty five years now and it still makes me smile.
the majority of towns in the UK have a railway station all interconnected to enable you to travel virtually anywhere, simply by changing trains at larger stations
In the south maybe not the North. not since the 1960s correction south-east maybe a bit in North-West
@@tommyc23101986 Same in the west country, all the railways are footpaths and the stations are houses
very useful in the war, the interchange of rail areas-yes i was travelling them then armed and in uniform, no B/S. lucky 'aint I to still be here? R/E have greedily destroyed the quaint sections in lot know. So I am informed.
The UK is as old as dirt so we have all types of really old architecture round every corner, I love it and I’m so proud of my little island.🇬🇧🇬🇧 sorry to say it but you don’t see anything what we would call old in America
Except in US politics, of course...
Kek got a chuckle out of that one
Who asked?
To have the "12 most beautiful towns in the UK" and only 1 in Scotland (and 0 from mainland Scotland) is, frankly, ridiculous. And I'm English!
It's not just that some of our buildings carry history, many of the roads you saw there were originally ancient tracks or Roman roads.. which means they were first used/created thousands of years ago.
Our surnames are odd too. At one time people didn't have family names, they just had a first name. So people started to become known by their father's name instead - William(son), Richard(son) - or by their profession.
A Fletcher made arrows, a Cooper made barrels, a Smith worked with metal and other materials..
This has been going on for a long time, don't blame me
Let's not forget Thatcher
Some of our surnames come from the towns or villages people were from too 🙂
I'm Dutch, but I've visited the UK a couple of times in my camper van and some of the towns mentioned here. And believe me, there's even so much more to be seen. I'm a fan of Wales and Scotland, but the Cotswolds and the Lake District too. And Kent and Yorkshire ... Too much to mention.
I love your amazement and it makes me realise that I'm thinking of these places as normal. I do still appreciate their beauty but they're normal to me, you can find places like these all over Europe
All over Europe, yes! But Bruges is a standout example for me.
Most of the buildings that you think look like castles are, in fact, churches.
Out beautiful towns villages castles and stately houses and architecture never gets boring or taken for granted ,it is always beautiful and appreciated.
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When l visited The UK..it was like stepping into a Fairy Tale Book..l loved it. Australian Viewer.
The "real" England, in other words the vast majority of residential areas is no fairy tale. More like a nightmare😂 obviously holiday makers don't see this.
There are beautiful places too. I'm English and only even heard of one of these on the list, which is Keswick 😂
@@ToThePointCT You are rather showing your ignorance, then. How old are you? Have you not travelled, at all?
@@ToThePointCTBecause you most likely live in city or close to a city Suburb, or not a so good town. Yeah most houses there aren’t the best there in those places, unless you’re rich of course…. Or live on the coast down south.
If you Travel to decent towns and villages, it’s wonderfully surprising, coming from a Brit myself. Obviously not much to do there adventurous, also the limited sun, just country walks/ picnics, etc. Which is why many Brits don’t realise how many parts of the country want to live there and abode there. (Granted it’s more of a retiring option). 🤣
Some of the villages and towns in the UK are fairytale like though. England specially is more so unique than the rest in terms of the houses and roads for me. Other parts of the UK seem to look more Scandinavia looking a parts.
I always find people living outside busy major towns and cities the least happy in the UK. 🤷🏻♀️
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@@jeanettehuggins4964 most Brits now want to go to Oz to step back into the 1950s era but with a fridge!
You say you’ve never heard of a lot of these towns and this is why we keep on telling American visitors not to totally concentrate on London.
To be fair most flights from America only go to London, and given Americans attitudes towards public transportation, I doubt a lot of them would be up for taking trains or coaches that far away from the capital.
@@femoman Given US public transportation systems it is not really surprising, they really aren't very good.
It doesn't help that UK people and those from EU complain about UK systems.
The criticisms are valid, but not from a US perspective.
@@stephenlee5929 true but transportation is what we did with criminals, it's just public transport.
@@WIDGI I only used the term Public transportation when talking about the US system, which is what they call it.
I thought it might be useful for them and expected UK people to understand the term, sorry for my excessive expectations.
@@stephenlee5929 I was joking but I don't like having to add emojis to indicate it, because it's like adding a laughter track.
In Britain, we do protect these buildings, they are Listed, which means people can own, live and use them as business premises, BUT they can't be demolished, and only limited alterations are allowed with very strict permission. It's why they survive.
Every parish (which often means every village or small town) in the UK has a church. Most of our churches were constructed between the 12th and 15th century, with another load built in the Victorian period. That means virtually every town or village has a historic church with a bell tower (many have clocks as well)
Corfe Castle, Wimborne Minster, & Lyme Regis in Dorset, York, many of the Yorkshire Dales Towns, Durham, Glastonbury .... the list of places to visit goes on and on
Corfe - best visited via the Swanage Railway: steam-hauled of course!
Most you mentioned are Cities he was on about Towns though, but The Shambles in York and the Minster stunning, Whitby is a must to visit too :D
The doorways in Glastonbury look ordinary, some of them open up into homes, some to shops and some hide another street behind, but you have to be local to know which is which.
Chester as well is very beutiful
I don't think the original video maker has actually viewed the footage. No image of Conwy Castle despite mentioning 3 or 4 times, image of empty field instead. Pictures of modern council houses etc. Some of the views of these towns are the worst selection I have seen and don't fit with the commentary.
He did show the Castle Hotel, though. 😂
Was wondering why St Machaels Mount didn't make it in there D; an Iconic place, an island fort only accessible on foot during low tide and you can walk an entire stone path to it from the beach, utterly beautiful and the town itself is colorful and jam packed with beautiful old buildings, then you have the views.
Think the images were of Betsy Coed not Conwy?
Probably because the video was just another of those dreadful AI generated script/clip pieces of rubbish that TH-cam is allowing to pass for travel videos now. It's rife with them.
wasn't just Conway Castle that got mentioned but not viewed - same thing when discussing Portree on isle of Skye ! Mentioned Old Man of Storr, the Kilt Rock, and the Quiraing while not showing a pictire of any of these beauty spots. P.S., how come Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with it's colourful seafront houses was overlooked in favour of Portree?
Having a church with a clock tower is the norm for most villages, towns and cities throughout the UK as they were built in that style in pretty much any settlement that existed more than 100 years ago. While many modern churches are built out of brick and other modern materials, you will usually see the local Church of England services based in one of these old stone buildings.
The sandwich was named after the earl of sandwich and the earl of sandwich took the name the earl of sandwich from the town
And he nearly took the name of Earl of Portsmouth, so we would all be eating Ham Portsmouths now instead 🤣🤣🤣
And some years back the current Earl and his son started a sandwich-making business. They had a great advertising slogan - "Sandwiches from the family that invented them"
@@jillybrooke29 oh yes, I couldn’t imagine eating a Portsmouth, or getting a Portsmouth from the all night garage
@@bigdaddigaming 😂😂😂
@@bigdaddigaming Tesco's meal deal, crisp, drink and a ham Portsmouth.
The thing with towns, cities and villages here in the UK is many of them have been in existence for thousands of years - for example the cities of York and London are over two thousand years old - and skylines and layouts reflect this fact and the fact that Britain is a far older nation than America.
There's also Colchester, allegedly the oldest town in England. Some of the East Anglian towns and villages should also be on the list , like Lavenham, Southwold, Aldeburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Hadleigh and Sudbury to name a few. Ipswich only has a couple of decent historical buildings like the Butter Market which has beautiful plaster ceilings and paneled walls.
I would walk to school on old cobblestone roads, past a minster and a church, 4 cemeteries (two designated to fallen soldier furing the wars), lots of leaning bent buildings with tiny doors. So i still see the beauty in it all but it is normal, so seeing people appreciate the landscape and in awe of our buildings is so refreshing. 😊
York I presume. It’s amazing
If you're ever over here, I'd definitely recommend checking out the Cotswolds. If what you want is pretty English countryside, there's no better place for it 😊
Perhaps somewhere like Upper or Lower Slaughter.😁
Every town seems to have a castle or tower or cathedral because the towns grew organically around such thing over hundreds and hundreds of years
Hi Tyler.
Yes, it's like that most everywhere, old buildings down every side street.
In some towns and villages - the whole place is an outdoor museum with people still living and/or working in the buildings.
He could've picked pretty much 50-100 other random towns/villages around the UK that would've looked completely similar to those shown. It's all pretty standard to see old buildings, churches, castles, pubs. And yes we have loads of pretty beaches too - the maximum distance to a beach from anywhere in the UK is only 70 miles.
Hi Tyler, I lived in Cirencester and yes the whole of the UK has churches, Abbes'y, and sometimes Cathedrals in the towns. It's just normal for us. I lived in the US for 10 yrs and missed the UK so much that I had to move back. You are not wrong about the feel of the towns. There is history everywhere and yes it is very peaceful compared to the US. Yes many people even live in these historic houses. A friend of mine owns a pub that is 100's yrs old. So funny hearing you talk about the trains. You can get anywhere in the UK via train and. public transport.
Cities have Cathedrals not towns though, that is what makes a City a City (are a few exceptions, but this is the rule of thumb)
@@Mistysmudge1 yes that’s why I said sometimes towns have them as I lived in a town that had a cathedral.
To add to this comment. I think in a lot of cases the exceptions are where towns with a cathedral have lost their original city status for one reason or another. Rochester is a good example of this.@@Mistysmudge1
@@llamagirl2679Cirencester does not have a Cathedral
Good. Stay in that S ole
As for the painting of the Port houses, in Argentina is the same (as in la Boca) the shipmen of years past used some leftovers of the painting of the boats, so they, as they could identify one boat from another, the same way the can distinguish their house when approaching back to home...
Just a two minute drive across the town I live in is a house that is still used as a house today that dates back to the 14th century. This is not unusual here in the UK. There are whole towns where almost every building is hundreds of years old and many are listed buildings too.
Even out in the villages there are plenty of historic things to see. In my childhood village there is a small, grade one listed parish church that still holds church services today. The entrance arch is the oldest surviving part and dates back to around 1069. This is fairly common here in the UK too. To have a small village of a couple of hundred residents that has no shops, and sometimes doesn't even have a pub but it has a small church that is 800 or 900 years old.
I'm curious, that sounds similar to the church in my childhood village (which doesn't have electricity). In fact there's two churches that are both very old within a short distance from each other there. Obviously if you don't want to state where that's fine. One church is St Andrew (has a longer name) the other down the way is St Mary. 😊
The building overhang is known as jettying. It allows the upper floor to have a larger floor space and some shelter for the ground floor window esp if the window opening is a shop window or serving hatch. But more practically, given the buildings are mainly wooden on wooden frames, the forces from the upper floors bear downwards rather than outwards on the floor below.
The sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich who wanted a meal that he could eat whilst at the gambling table. The peerage of the Earl of Sandwich is nominally associated with the town of Sandwich.
You'd have old(ish) buildings too if you stopped prioritising cars!!!
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
Love it!
Well it's true that their grid system messes up a lot of character. They do have some beautiful coastal fishing villages and places though.
Joni wrote that song about Hawaii specifically.
Our population centres have grown organically from the earliest settlements, developed along trade routes, drovers roads, Roman roads etc.
You seem like a positive person. I love your sense of humour! I’m from London. God bless you!
Sandwich was home to one of America’s greatest founding fathers Thomas Paine , he lived there from 1759 and his cottage complete with commemorative plaque is still there and I believe is available to rent for short stays and holidays. It dates back to 1677. Paine is actually credited with creating the phrase “ The United States of America “
The Cotswolds really does feel like you go back in time. My mum worked in a hotel/pub in Moreton-in-Marsh in the 70s. Every birthday we go down to the cotswolds for the day. Last November we went back to the hotel/pub. She said nothing at all has changed apart from there's no longer a pond outside. I don't think they're allowed to change anything but it's still so beautiful 🥰🥰
I live in the county Conwy( which is the same name as Conwy town.) I am shocked they did not show the castle and the stunning surroundings it’s in. My regular shopping route goes literally right past castle. TYLER,if you think some of these other places are stunning,try checking out a video on Anglesey,North Wales and the villages leading up to it. We have multicoloured houses all along the beach and are between the mountains and sea,with woods right up to the beach.. I recommend checking it out.🏴
I live in a late 15th century, timber-framed house. It's not posh or expensive, just a "normal" 3 bedroom house, attached on both sides to other old houses. ⅓ of the houses in my village are at least 150 years old, many several hundred years old.
Old buildings tend to be what is known as Listed in the UK, some grade 1 some grade 2, they are lived in but massively protected in terms of what building and decorating can be done inside and outside of them :) We also have very old protected trees over here, woe betide anyone who cuts one of those down!
Like that one ancient tree by Hadrians Wall that got chopped down by some random kid. Made the national news!
When they were talking about Conwy in North Wales, Were any of those photos actually of anywhere IN Conwy? It talked about the spectacular castle, but the black building on the screen at that time is not Conwy Castle, and I didn't recognise any of the other buildings either. It's a real shame because the town of Conwy really does look spectacular. It's just a pity that it wasn't featured in this video.
Yes, it was ridiculous, not a single shot on the castle (which is spectacular)!
The images of Conwy aren't just of the town of Conwy. They show places in Conwy County/ Conwy valley, eg the countryside and the village of Betws-y-Coed, which is 15 miles from the town of Conwy. I'm just back from holidaying in the area. I regard North Wales as my second home (after my actual home, Scotland). The whole of North Wales, especially the western part, is absolutely stunning.
Tenby just got itself a new advertising slogan.
Look at this! OMG!! Just look at this!!! It’s making me ANGRY it’s so beautiful! 😄
I loved that reaction too 😂
Visit Tenby, " So beautiful it'll make you angry" haha
The roof you described as weird is a thatched roof ,which is usually maintained as a tradition roof on old building as thatching was once the way most building where roofed .
Made for great insulation..
Bath, Oxford and Cambridge are amazing places with amazing architecture and history...I'm surprised they aren't on this list...
Perhaps because they are not towns, but cities.
Well Cambridge isn't a city
@@ricksavory8752 You are very mistaken, very mistaken indeed. Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles north of London.
@@ricksavory8752 as @PsychicLord says, Cambridge is a city, having got its charter in 1951.
You need to watch a video on Chester. It is a city but gorgeous - like York but often overlooked
Now he'll have picked up on why we just smile when someone from the USA puffs out their chests and asks "Why would we need to go visiting overseas countries when we've got everything they've got, right here in the USA?" It's kinda like when a 5 year old says "My mummy's the prettiest mummy in the world." and you smile benevolently knowing that it's not factually true but we don't want to burst their bubbles.
If “the presence of old buildings” shocks you, how will you feel once you discover it’s not only the UK 😂😂 it’s pretty much like that in the whole Europe, I really don’t know what you were expecting
He was expecting the United States. It's all he knows.
Yes there are beautiful places all over Europe and Britain is full of wonderful places; different and unique to anywhere else in the world
Some of the towns in Cornwall should be there and Conwy and Portmerion in North Wales too. Haworth in Yorkshire where the Brontes came from
The UK is chock full of beautiful old towns. I can think of 3 close to where I live. Guildford, Godalming and Farnham spring to mind.
second this! I got a book about the history of Farnham architecture (would recommend; it's very interesting) and they picked the best photos for the historic buildings. one of them's a Natwest, or was when that book was published.
@@CrowMaiden Thanks for the recommendation. It sounds like an interesting book.
No it's not
our south coast beaches are amazing....Devon and Cornwall being the best..
And don't forget Dorset and the Isle Of Wight - some of the most gorgeous scenery and beaches anywhere on the planet!
The Cotswolds are a range of very pretty hills stretching across the South West of England including Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. I hope I got this right
I apologise if I didn't, I'm from Yorkshire and proud of it, but you were asking about it, Tyler and it is a lovely part of the country
Even people from other parts of England go 'Wow!'
Fun video. A few suggestions for future videos. Britain's oldest churches, strangest architecture, London street name history, cottage industries such as weaving and sewing from homes in the olden days. Thanks again Tyler .
I think it is a good topic but I actually think that whoever posted the video did a lousy job of finding good video clips and still photos. I wonder if he filmed it himself. I suspect he has a few hundred subscribers at most.
I viewed a house for sale where some of the window glass was original and over 400 years old and were listed as protected.
Did a road trip. Denver to SF via Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Death Valley. Can’t remember one town or building but the landscape was mind blowing.
I’m with you on that! We have done three US coach trips totalling over 7000 miles and I ditto your comment.
So what? The Landscapes are beautiful and Page is a nice town
The first shot of Knaresborough showed Old Mother Shipton's Cave. It has objects that people have hung up (like teddy bears!) that have turned to stone because of the minerals in the water that drips on them from the roof of the cave. There's also a well where you are supposed to put your hand in, make a wish and then take your hand out but leave it to dry naturally. My mum wished there for a little girl with nice hands...and about 9 months later I appeared! It's just a pity she forgot to wish that the rest of me would be as nice as the hands... :(
I live about 20 mins away from Aberaeron. It’s a beautiful area
Lived in N America for 4 years. When asked what I missed most it was old buildings. Also round every corner there is something of interest to look at not miles and miles of strip malls. The natural landscape is the most interesting bit of USA ( except for bit in the middle.)
Keswick is beautiful. It actually site at the northern end of Derwentwater in the Lake District. It's very dog friendly, a good thing in an area full of walkers and hikers, with only one or two of it's well over twenty pubs not allowing dogs in. There is open air theatre and a jazz festival during the summer months too . Fantastic place.
It also has a famous pencil museum, which is well worth a visit. Among the attractions is the world's largest coloured pencil.
5:50 The houses hanging over the lower portion of the building is due to how medieval and Tudor-period houses were built: The lower section would be built mostly out of stone as the solid foundation of the building, however the floors above will mostly be built out of wood. To support this the wooden bows would need to extend past and strut out by about a foot over the stone walls underneath (you can see this in the buildings in the back with the wooden struts still in plain view), giving this unique look and, as a bonus, giving the upper floors that extra bit of floor space which was vital in towns at the time.
I was under the impression that this style was because of a footprint tax, so one way to get more space was to build the upper floors bigger. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
@@amraverageproduction5379 nope, whilst there are many reasons why jettying (this building style) was employed, footprint tax avoidance was never one of the reasons. In towns like this where housing allotment space is limited the main reason would be to maximise the housing space as much as feasibly possible with the lot given. This practice got banned in London after the Great Fire as houses were jettied so much that there was hardly any space between houses even across streets, hence why you are more likely to see this style in towns rather than cities.
Was it also something to do with the fact that waste was thrown into the street ? With an overhang people walking by would be slightly protected.
I thought it was so the streets could be wider.
Norfolk was once famous for the reeds and marram grass grown for thatching roofs. Long straw was also grown but now comes predominantly from Europe. Thatching is a skilled ancient trade and it takes 4 to 5 years to learn. The thatch is formed in three layers a base layer the thatch itself and the ridge cap, all of this is held in place with twisted hazel or willow spars to hold each section down. The ridge is often decorated with animals made from the thatching material and added to the ridge which often has a pattern made from the spars and unique to the thatcher to hold it down. It can last for 25 years or so, but is like a tiled roof , easily repaired. I can recommend an old country guy called Jack Hargeaves , he lived in an area called the New Forest (an ancient hunting area) and showed many of the ancient and dying crafts, well worth a watch if you are interested.
I live about 7 miles from Sandwich, it has an exceptional church and a canal system that circles the town, built by Dutch Traders in the 17th Century and a old stone Toll bridge that spans across the river Stour and still opens on demand to let boats through.
Been to Conwy in Wales, and the pics on here do not show it justice google it, the Castle next to the bridge is STUNNING, there are so many beautiful towns here in the UK I could list so many.
Went to Tenby last year :D
Salcombe is up the coast from where i am and it is a tourist place, packed in the summer
My Grandma was born on Gold Hill (The Hovis Hill) in Shaftsbury,
I was born in Harrogate and a lot of my family were born in Knaresborough :D (I live in the South West now, Plymouth but i still love where i came from too :D
When i was a child, we went to Cumbria on holiday and as we went through the lake district, my Sister described it as being in a picture book
So much history in the UK, you would love it
Whitby in North Yorkshire really is magical,
Clovelly in Devon is really pretty too
Cockington in Torbay nr Torquay chocolate box cottages
So many :P
Just our weather that let's it down
Bourton on the water and Shakespeare country, Stratford upon Avon. St Albans, tbh I could go on and on
I live in Harrogate....another beautiful spa town which was mentioned but not on list, but my sister lives a few miles away in Knaresborough which is indeed very pretty.
I lived in Conwy, North Wales as a child, the pictures don't show Conwy at all. take a look on google maps and you will see the castle and the town within the walls. I am truly blessed to have grown up there.
"Why does every town have a castle?"
Royalty, my friend, royalty
castles were forts, and were built to protect the town from invasions, usually from other neighbouring counties. They were all once upon a time fighting to rule England ( before the UK)
British history goes back for many centuries, obviously the towns and cities sprang from small communities. America wasn't colonised for many centuries later . So many of our villages and towns are beautiful. I suppose for us it's normal. Not all towns are nice though. Not many cornish towns mentioned here. Mevagissey in Cornwall is one of my favourite places in the country. Tyler, you need to visit the UK. I'd love to see a video of you walking around and commenting .
I used to live in a cottage build back in 1552, and a friend of mine, still lives in a small house build around 600 AD
Aberaeron. A beautiful little Town in Wales, we used to go there every year on holiday, happiest days ever, the harbour is the prettiest place ever, and to this day my children still go there occasionally, taking their own children to enjoy it, as they have such happy memories from their holidays there. Takes us about 2 - 2 1/2 hours to get there from Chester where we live, so an easy and pleasant drive. 😊👍
Pity the video didn't show you any of the good bits of Conwy: it's pretty special. Other really attractive small towns include Llangollen, Tewkesbury, Ludlow, Bakewell, Whitby, Rye, Glastonbury, Lavenham, Otley, and Oban. There's no shortage. :)
We are a friggin island surrounded by stunning beaches 👍🏼
Yes, try Skegness beach - if you venture into the permanently freezing water you come out dirtier than when you went in. I once saw a bloke come out of the water with a tampon on his head. Nobody told him and he wore it for ages!
I have lived in a house which was built in 1491 some years ago. I now live on the edge of the Cotswolds near towns such as Burford, Bampton, Lechlade, Fairford, Cirencester, all of them beautiful and steeped in history.
I mean the old buildings have just been in continuous use over the years so yes people still living in them and still used as businesses. You can even find some businesses even go back hundreds of years.
Lovely seeing Aberaeron on the list. I used to go there regularly when I was at university down the road. Fond memories!
Oakham in Rutland is a very pretty town ,with many thatched houses and stone houses and building .
And nearby Stamford in Lincs is lovely.
lots of really old buildings are still used as houses, post offices, pubs, etc. It's pretty cool
Ludlow in Shropshire is the most stunning town in the UK, it has a huge castle in the centre a lovely butter marked, it also has 2 casles within a few miles. Ludlow is famous for great food.
I used to go on holiday to Salcombe regularly, a wonderful town with fantastic beaches. One night there were 87 shooting stars a hour, amazing.
The reason for all the trains might be because we invented the things. In the 60's and 70's alot of train lines were closed.
UK historical buildings are generally protected, whether still in use or not. They are categorised as Grade 1 listed, Grade 2 listed, Grade 3 listed. The grade determines the extent to which any changes to the building are allowed/restricted.
Oftentimes, watching Tyler's videos is like watching a sheep trying to use an iPhone (points to the folks who know the reference). I do love the genuine, wholesome reactions like this though, and that's why I keep coming back.
7:01 in my town those buildings are regularly used as homes and we don’t pay attention to it
I went on a tour of Historic Houses in San Francisco. At the time, my house in the UK was older than every house on the tour!
😂I hope you told them!
@@Resgerr No, I'm British. I just smiled and nodded 🤣
@@robsnoxell7158 oh being a Scouser I'd have told them!
@@Resgerr No, soft southerner here 😂😂
Thank you Tyler for being polite about this shabby lazy content of the 12 Most Beautul Towns in the UK. ❤🙏❤
Painswick is a ten minute drive from me. Cirencester thirty minute drive. Greetings from the Cotswolds
honestly, I've lived in my own town for my entire life and I don't think you ever get used to the historical buildings and views. I don't live in any of the ones in this video but our high street decided to be literal and is built on a hill. as you walk down from the top, you see a single tudor building (the white with black beams), stone brick buildings, the town clock that hangs on the town hall, and then fields in the distance. it's probably my favourite view, especially at like 3pm in October.
one of the banks at the bottom of the town has a historic (looks roughly 1880s? maybe early 1900s?) photo of the high street up on one of the walls and the buildings haven't changed, just the businesses and fashion.
All of my family live in knaresborough it a wonderful place I have had so many happy memories there
Surprised not to see where I grew up on the Jurassic coast, Dorset.
Swanange was my hometown, but also places like Wareham are just idyllic!!
You have the Blue Pool there which is magical! Also have Brownsea Island which is where the first Scouts were formed. Also the incredible Old Harry Rocks. Just the most beautiful place. Wish I was still there ❤
For some of these they really didn't show the best features and a few of the inclusions were questionable but no list will ever sit unchallenged, lol. Tbh, You could take a hundred UK towns and make 10 such lists and all would have a valid case to make. :)
We have old castles an churches literally EVERYWHERE. Check out St Michaels Mount in the south west of england, its a fort and castle that is only accessible on foot during low tide.
You go to a town, nine times out of ten, you'll be seeing an old massive church with its own bell tower, or forts and castles, some still in use or ruins of them.
Gotta remember, our history spans over a thousand years, our Towns weren't 'designed' - they just naturally formed this way, its why our roads tend to be so small because, they're still the same old routes we used back along.
Also funfact, most fantasy movies use Europe or the UK for their locations.
I don't know how Lavenham in Suffolk was left off this list. There are many beautiful towns here in the east of the country but they never get a mention.
I may be English, but I am insulted by the way he showed Conwy, which is a beautiful town, surrounded by a magnificent castle built between 1283 to 1287. The walls are intact so you can walk all the way around the town on the walls. It is surrounded by fabulous countryside and the river. You would have fainted at the beauty of it all. Look up Welsh castles, there are many and most are stunning. Also, look at Lavenham, and other National Trust properties.
Yes, Lavenham is stunning too. I would say every county in the U.K. has far more than just 10 beautiful towns.
I really don't think this video did justice to the towns in question, I also think you could pick any number of large villages/towns/cities and find great unique historical beauty and any list of ten could look better than this. Seems to me they just picked out a few places and said ''that'll do''
I've lived in England all my life but never of Painswick! Don't beat yourself up for not knowing some of these towns. Love your reactions.
Not far from the city of Gloucester.
I love seeing American people reacting to things about the UK, especially England (my country) because it makes me realise just how beautiful and wonderful it is here and just how much we take it for granted.
I do have one thing to say though. Those buildings you keep seeing in every town (forgive me if you’ve fingered this out but I’m only half way through the video) are churches. Our churches are mostly very old and as grand as they could make them in the era they were built.
How the town of Sandwich got it's name. Legend has it, that John Montague, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. He was given some beef, between 2 slices of bread, so he didn't have to keep cleaning his hands, whilst playing cards.
A City has to have a Cathedral, in respective of it's size. Arundel in Sussex, the home of The Duke of Norfolk lives in Arundel Castle, sits on a hill, and is only a very small city.
@@johnmarabe-oake7325 Dear John, I knew the Duke of Norfolk lives/lived in Arundel Castle. One would imagine he would be the Duke of Arundel rather than the Duke of Norfolk. 🙄😀🏴👍
Correct me if I'm wrong but Arundel is still classed as a town?
@helenlloyd6564 and of course is in Sussex nowhere near Norfolk
Yes, we do keep using our buildings - they are protected but other than that they are just part of our everyday life. As for the churches - the UK used to be very religious and every town has a relatively large church. Why would you think we are outdated? We just use what we have. There are plenty of new buildings around too - I love the fact that you might have a 14th century building next to a 16th century one, followed by an 18th century one and then a 20th! I live in Dorset on the south coast of England and it is beautiful
Lived in Shaftesbury, when I first moved to the southwest. My daughter was born there 26 years ago
Big Ben is the bell in the elizabeths tower which was known as st stevens tower, which most foreign people call big ben when its not
Most of our cities had many historic buildings but were bombed extensively during the war and unfortunately lost to us.
The Germans planned what were called 'Baedecker' raids or blitz, in 1942. These were based on the pre-war German 'Baedecker' series of tourist guides, which were books containing detailed maps. Targets were chosen for their cultural and historical significance, rather than military value, in a tit-for-tat attempt to stop the RAF's increasingly effective bombing of Germany.
It’s been great to watch your reactions and to view these lovely towns through your eyes. The Knaresborough’bridge’ is a railway viaduct built in 1851. My in-laws live in the town and i never tire of that view from the castle!